If you’re not worried about fledgling startups, you should be. When a competitor enters your neck of the woods, you want to know about it yesterday. What you should regularly study is building permit data for new company reports. It may include familiar names that are new to your area. But there’s nothing “new” about those established companies and they […]
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A project that was built 40 years ago is a part of the historyof your company, but it is not necessarily interesting topresent-day clients. –Is Your Online Project Showcase Up to Par? You likely have a large, 3-ring binder with construction projects statistics and photos. You used to carry it with you – stored in
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April 16, 2020, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) released a revised training and audits statement. The wording is telling: Discretion in enforcement when considering employers’ good-faith efforts to comply with safety and health standards will lead workplace standards during and after COVID-19. Basically, they’re saying continue doing your best to keep your workplace and
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Retail stores and other commercial businesses have adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic as possible. Social distancing governs how we live, work, shop, and play. We’re living in a strange time now. There’s been much discussion about essential and non-essential services in the United States. How we do business in the construction industry is greatly altered. “Essential”
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The National Law Review offers this piece of advice for your contracting business: Get it in writing!¹ That’s especially true during the coronavirus pandemic that is threatening our nation’s population and economic health. Coronavirus vs. Your Contracting Business This situation is here and now. It changes every day, so if you had an optimistic 5-year plan
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By April 10, 2020, the Associated General Contractors of America revealed more than half of the construction firms in the United States had stopped work and 40 percent had laid-off employees, due to the coronavirus pandemic. 74 percent are seeking loans using the new Paycheck Protection Program. In one week’s time, the number of canceled projects
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The construction industry is “all general contractors and operative builders primarily engaged in the construction of residential, farm, industrial, commercial, or other buildings,” according to NASA. This includes special trades and sub-specialties: Appliances Building materials Cabinets Countertops Fireplaces/stoves Floors Furniture Garage doors Interior design Landscaping Lighting Mortgage lenders Paint Pools/spas Property management Tile/granite/marble/stone Title/financing professionals
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